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Grischuk challenges Morozevich for the title

Now, its Grischuk's turn to make the Russian Superfinals interesting. With just one more round to go, he is within reach of Morozevich. Grischuk beat Rychagov in an exciting rook vs rook plus bishop endgame. Tomashevsky, the only other guy with realistic chances for the title lost today to Inarkiev. Sakaev beat Dreev with the black pieces in the only other decisive game. Morozevich seemed to lack interest after his loss yesterday. Amonatov in fact had chances to convert the game into win but he let Morozevich slip away to an opposite color bishop endgame where Amonatov had an extra pawn. In the women's section, decisive games were again the order of the day. Kovalevskaya, Tatiana Kosintseva, Ovod, and Gunina won their games against Tairova, Shadrina, Giriya, and Pogonina respectively. Results of Round 10: Men Inarkiev, Ernesto - Tomashevsky, Evgeny 1-0 Dreev, Alexey - Sakaev, Konstantin 0-1 Jakovenko, Dmitry - Vitiugov, Nikita Svidler, Peter - Timofeev, Artyom ½-½ Amonatov, Fa...

Morozevich beats Grischuk

Morozevich won again, this time against the very strong Grischuk. Svidler was shocked by Tomashevsky. Jakovenko beat Amonatov and Timofeev beat Sakaev with the black pieces. Morozevich now boasts a performance rating of 2867, which is pretty unusual after seven rounds. Grishuk resigned in just 27 moves when he was about to lose a piece for nothing. Tailender Timofeev finally earned a full point beating another trailer, Sakaev in 39 moves of the Semi-Slav. The women section was full of decisive results. Elena Tairova beat Pogonina and jumped into the lead (jointly with Korbut.) Tatiana Kosintseva was held to a draw by Ovod. Results of Russian Chess Championship - Round 7 Morozevich, Alexander - Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Tomashevsky, Evgeny - Svidler, Peter 1-0 Vitiugov, Nikita - Dreev, Alexey ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry - Amonatov, Farrukh 1-0 Inarkiev, Ernesto - Rychagov, Andrey ½-½ Sakaev, Konstantin - Timofeev, Artyom 0-1 Results of Russian Chess Championship Women - Round 7 Korbut, Ekat...

Russian Superfinals Women Round 4

Olga Giriya upset the more fancied Kovalevskaya with the black pieces while Tatiana Shadrina beat Valentina Gunina in the fourth round of the Russian Superfinals Chess in the Women's section. All the remaining games were drawn. All Round 4 Results: Russian Chess Championship Women Round 4 (December 22, 2007) Kosintseva, Tatiana - Korbut, Ekaterina ½-½ Sicilian Najdorf Variation Tairova, Elena - Matveeva, Svetlana ½-½ French Tarrasch Stepovaia, Tatiana - Pogonina, Natalija ½-½ Sicilian Rossolimo Shadrina, Tatiana - Gunina, Valentina 1-0 French Defence Kosintseva, Nadezhda - Ovod, Evgenija ½-½ Ruy Lopez Schliemann Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Girya, Olga 0-1 Sicilian Labourdonnais Standings after round 4: 1. Pogonina, Natalija (2462) 3½ 2. Kosintseva, Tatiana (2492) 3 3. Matveeva, Svetlana (2433) 2½ 4. Tairova, Elena (2391) 2½ 5. Ovod, Evgenija (2386) 2½ 6. Korbut, Ekaterina (2443) 2½ 7. Stepovaia, Tatiana 2375 2 8. Shadrina, Tatiana (2379) 2 9. Kosintseva, Nadezhda (2469) 1 10. Kov...